Woman Faces Charges After Being Discovered in Baby's Room

LAKELAND | A Polk County family is reliving some terrifying moments after a woman broke into their home, they say, and tried to take their 16-month-old baby, Jordyn.

Sheriff Grady Judd said if it hadn't been for the child's quick-thinking parents, even her 8-year-old-sister, things may have turned out very differently.

The Meyers family just moved into their house a few weeks ago and now they say, they're just glad the suspect, Megan Michelle Jones, 31, one of their own neighbors, is locked up. But more importantly, they say, that their baby is safe.

It was early Saturday morning that Polk County Sheriff's Deputies say Jordyn was in the grips of a stranger who broke into the family's home.

It's an emotional time not only for Jennie but for the entire family. It all began with a sound that woke up their oldest child, 8-year-old Jayden.When asked what she heard, Jayden quickly answered, “glass.” And that's when Jordyn started screaming.

"I've never heard her scream like that in my life,” said Jennie Meyers. “I don't want to ever hear it again."

It was that scream and sounds from the baby monitor that led mom and dad, Dennis, to run into the baby's room where they found Jones standing over the baby's crib.

The parents say Jones's blood, from allegedly breaking in their living room window, was all over the baby's clothes after they say she picked up their child out of the crib.

"I just kept asking the lady, why are you near my babies?” Jennie Meyers said. “What are you doing?"

Dad, Dennis, knew what he had to do.

"I don't know,” said Dennis Meyers. “I just reacted. I just grabbed a hold of her and got her away from my kids."

Sheriff Judd said Jones was drunk and that she told the family, “It's OK, It's OK. It's not what you think.”

"What the heck are you supposed to think when somebody's standing over your baby at 3 o'clock in the morning?" said Sheriff Judd. "You think there's a burglar. You think the burglar's trying to take your baby."

Now, the family has started to protect themselves and have already installed a security system.

"It could have been a whole lot worse,” said Dennis Meyers. “I'm just glad it wasn't."

And with mom, Jennie, expecting a baby boy in July, the family is just happy to be together and grateful that everyone is safe.

Sheriff Judd also said Jones and the man she was seen with that night broke into another home just down the street and stole prescription drugs.